Lottery Results-Charter Schools

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Anonymous wrote:We got #35 for CPA. Think we have a decent chance?

What grade?

6th

I would expect some movement but I'm not sure you will get 35 declines. It looks like they enroll ~150 per grade. So maybe 50:50

A lot of the people I know who applied for CPA have other specialty programs as their first choices (TAG, Arts, CMIT etc).

I work there. You have a good chance. A lot of people decline once they realize they have to provide their own transportation.

Question for you....would you send your child to CPA?
I have heard decidedly mixed reviews

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We got #35 for CPA. Think we have a decent chance?

What grade?

6th

I would expect some movement but I'm not sure you will get 35 declines. It looks like they enroll ~150 per grade. So maybe 50:50

A lot of the people I know who applied for CPA have other specialty programs as their first choices (TAG, Arts, CMIT etc).

I work there. You have a good chance. A lot of people decline once they realize they have to provide their own transportation.

Question for you....would you send your child to CPA?
I have heard decidedly mixed reviews

You have to know your child, so for that reason I'd say no. It's an incredibly warm and supportive environment. The kids, especially the middle schoolers, leave their iPhones and Macbooks lying around. In a normal school, they would be stolen in the blink of an eye. At our school, they get turned in to the office right away. Outside of the occasional curse word here and there, the kids are incredibly respectful. They're still children, so they test boundaries, but you don't get a tenth of the disruptions that you see at normal schools. The population is also surprisingly diverse. It's hard to believe that this has been our environment for so long given that we're a lottery school that doesn't screen the kids ahead of time.

With that being said, the academic side of the program isn't for everyone. The kids are expected to do a lesson a day in every class. Some kids have a hard time keeping up. There is also a burden of accountability that a lot of kids can't handle. They all have laptops and work independently a lot. The kids who are successful are the ones who can open up the online platform, read their textbook online, and take their time going through the questions and assignments. The kids who aren't successful are the ones who veer off onto other websites, watch Youtube, or play online games. Teachers do what they can to keep them on task, but kids find a way to look busy when they aren't. All it takes is one or two days like this to fall behind in every class.

My kids can barely handle sitting in a regular school without socializing nonstop. Throwing access to a computer in there for six hours a day would be a recipe for disaster. This isn't a good match for my family. For a kid who is very focused and very disciplined (or easily redirected), however, the school is great.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We got #35 for CPA. Think we have a decent chance?

What grade?

6th

I would expect some movement but I'm not sure you will get 35 declines. It looks like they enroll ~150 per grade. So maybe 50:50

A lot of the people I know who applied for CPA have other specialty programs as their first choices (TAG, Arts, CMIT etc).

I work there. You have a good chance. A lot of people decline once they realize they have to provide their own transportation.

Question for you....would you send your child to CPA?
I have heard decidedly mixed reviews

You have to know your child, so for that reason I'd say no. It's an incredibly warm and supportive environment. The kids, especially the middle schoolers, leave their iPhones and Macbooks lying around. In a normal school, they would be stolen in the blink of an eye. At our school, they get turned in to the office right away. Outside of the occasional curse word here and there, the kids are incredibly respectful. They're still children, so they test boundaries, but you don't get a tenth of the disruptions that you see at normal schools. The population is also surprisingly diverse. It's hard to believe that this has been our environment for so long given that we're a lottery school that doesn't screen the kids ahead of time.

With that being said, the academic side of the program isn't for everyone. The kids are expected to do a lesson a day in every class. Some kids have a hard time keeping up. There is also a burden of accountability that a lot of kids can't handle. They all have laptops and work independently a lot. The kids who are successful are the ones who can open up the online platform, read their textbook online, and take their time going through the questions and assignments. The kids who aren't successful are the ones who veer off onto other websites, watch Youtube, or play online games. Teachers do what they can to keep them on task, but kids find a way to look busy when they aren't. All it takes is one or two days like this to fall behind in every class.

My kids can barely handle sitting in a regular school without socializing nonstop. Throwing access to a computer in there for six hours a day would be a recipe for disaster. This isn't a good match for my family. For a kid who is very focused and very disciplined (or easily redirected), however, the school is great.

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Thank you so much for sharing! That is very helpful.

[Anonymous]

Thank you for the insight. I have a few questions, is there support for kids that struggle when they first transition or throughout the year, with the same complaints are there plans to incorporate more group learning or lessen computer use? I appreciate the feeback.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thank you for the insight. I have a few questions, is there support for kids that struggle when they first transition or throughout the year, with the same complaints are there plans to incorporate more group learning or lessen computer use? I appreciate the feeback.

My understanding is that the reliance on computer usage is intentional. They always tell us that the governor/senator/judge is coming to "observe our model." I don't see that changing.

There isn't anything formally in place, but they're not thrown to the wolves. All of the sixth graders have to go through the transition from top of the pyramid in elementary school to bottom of the food chain in a building with 6th-12th graders. They have their hands held in the beginning and they generally learn to rely on the other kids in their cohort since they follow the same group from class to class the whole year. Teachers still step in if someone is obviously struggling, and they get referred to our intervention team, which is similar to what you'd see happen in a regular school.

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Thank you very much, i truly appreciate your honest feedback and taking the time to respond! Lol, to the comment " governor/senator/judge is coming to "observe our model." I understand where you are coming from.

[Anonymous]

Just got our results in and our soon to be Kindergartner has been offered spots at Imaginaction Leeland and Morningside. Our neighborhood school is Barak Obama. Any advice would be appreciated!

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Anonymous wrote:Just got our results in and our soon to be Kindergartner has been offered spots at Imaginaction Leeland and Morningside. Our neighborhood school is Barak Obama. Any advice would be appreciated!

I would go in bound at Barack.

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My Kindergartener is in at CMIT North and waitlisted at #35 for Imagine Andrews. I’d prefer Andrews for distance reasons. Is there likely to be that much movement?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just got our results in and our soon to be Kindergartner has been offered spots at Imaginaction Leeland and Morningside. Our neighborhood school is Barak Obama. Any advice would be appreciated!

I would go in bound at Barack.

Any particular reason?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just got our results in and our soon to be Kindergartner has been offered spots at Imaginaction Leeland and Morningside. Our neighborhood school is Barak Obama. Any advice would be appreciated!

I would go in bound at Barack.

Any particular reason?

Charter schools aren’t that good and Barack is actually not a bad school. Large class sizes, yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just got our results in and our soon to be Kindergartner has been offered spots at Imaginaction Leeland and Morningside. Our neighborhood school is Barak Obama. Any advice would be appreciated!

I would go in bound at Barack.

Any particular reason?

Charter schools aren’t that good and Barack is actually not a bad school. Large class sizes, yes.

I would visit all three before you make your decision. My DC attended Imagine at Leeland from K-8. It was really good when my DC was K-5. It started to go downhill after that. The biggest issue is the middle school doesn't offer Algebra 1 and/or Geometry. Also teacher turnover is a concern. Most of my DC classmates left in sixth and seventh due to advanced classes not being offered.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are 168 for College Park Academy 6th grade

We were close to that last year and ended up getting in a week before school started.

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Anonymous wrote:We are 168 for College Park Academy 6th grade

We were close to that last year and ended up getting in a week before school started.

Good to know.

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We are waitlisted for legend's charter at number 47 for kindergarten? Anyone know our chances?